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Fritz Hollings

1922 - 2019

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Ernest Frederick "Fritz" Hollings (January 1, 1922 – April 6, 2019) was an American politician from the U.S. state of South Carolina. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives representing Charleston County, South Carolina from 1949 to 1954, the 77th lieutenant governor of South Carolina from 1955 to 1959, the 106th governor of South Carolina from 1959 to 1963, and a member of the United States Senate from 1966 to 2005. He served alongside Democrat-turned-Republican U.S. Senate member Strom Thurmond for 36 years, making them the longest-serving duo in U.S. Senate history. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living former U.S. senator and the second-oldest living former American governor, the same honorary titles that Daniel J. Evans from the state of Washington later held at the time of his death in September 2024. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Fritz Hollings is the 11,085th most popular politician (up from 18,734th in 2024), the 4,413th most popular biography from United States (up from 16,351st in 2019) and the 377th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Fritz Hollings ranks 11,085 out of 19,576. Before her are Adam Gottlob Moltke, Võ Chí Công, Sadiq Khan, José Vasconcelos, Marcus Valerius Corvus, and Louis VII, Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt. After her are Shoshenq V, Rainald of Dassel, Jelle Zijlstra, Yıldırım Akbulut, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, and Alcetas II of Epirus.

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Among people born in 1922, Fritz Hollings ranks 200. Before her are Manuel Fraga, Alexander Zinoviev, Hammer DeRoburt, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, Stanley Schachter, and Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin. After her are William Baumol, Burt Kennedy, John Edward Williams, Francis Pym, Theo Albrecht, and Vsevolod Bobrov. Among people deceased in 2019, Fritz Hollings ranks 195. Before her are Maria Giuseppa Robucci, Negasso Gidada, Édith Scob, Eduardo Fajardo, Pal Benko, and Lydia Wideman. After her are Robert Walker, John Havlicek, José Antonio Reyes, Stefano Delle Chiaie, Lê Đức Anh, and Seymour Cassel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Fritz Hollings ranks 4,413 out of 20,380. Before her are Henrietta Szold (1860), Connie Booth (1944), June Squibb (1929), John Sculley (1939), Jack Welch (1935), and Sonny Landham (1941). After her are Lydia Clarke (1923), Traci Lords (1968), Warren Weaver (1894), William Baumol (1922), Charles Murray (1943), and Philo Farnsworth (1906).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Fritz Hollings ranks 377. Before her are Andrew Yang (1975), Harriet Lane (1830), Robert Lansing (1864), Abigail Fillmore (1798), Gavin Newsom (1967), and Stacey Abrams (1973). After her are Gary Peters (1958), Eddie Lawson (1958), Nick Bollettieri (1931), William P. Rogers (1913), Thomas E. Dewey (1902), and Adlai Stevenson I (1835).

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